Where does Niko Semiconductor Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Niko Semiconductor Co., Ltd. ranks #14,164 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does Niko Semiconductor Co., Ltd. hold?

Niko Semiconductor Co., Ltd. holds 21 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is Niko Semiconductor Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Niko Semiconductor Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 32.3 out of 100 (41st percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Niko Semiconductor Co., Ltd. focus on?

Niko Semiconductor Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10) with 12 patents, ranking #838 of 3,373 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

Is Niko Semiconductor Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Niko Semiconductor Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -64% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Niko Semiconductor Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Niko Semiconductor Co., Ltd.'s patents average 10.3 claims each. This is an aggregate descriptive count from the grant record; it does not establish claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk.

How is the Niko Semiconductor Co., Ltd. patent data sourced?

All patent data comes from USPTO PatentsView, a public research dataset maintained by the United States Patent and Trademark Office covering US granted utility patents from 2015 to 2025.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Niko Semiconductor Co., Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 21 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. Grant-trend analysis is cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search; it does not measure application filings, current R&D, or legal strength. Primary class: H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Niko ranks #14,164 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 21 patents across 13 technology areas.

#14,164
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 41st percentile
by Innovation Score (32.3/100): 10.3
avg claims per patent: -64%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R14164 · Foreign Corporation #14,164 · 21 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 21 grants
MID-PACK #14,164/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH NB Ventures
CPC-FOCUS H01L · 13 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.3/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -64% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: NB Ventures, Inc. (±0 grants)

Instrument codes from this assignee’s USPTO PatentsView grant sheet: volume band, corpus rank, photo-finish peer, lead CPC, Innovation Score, claim depth, assignee type, velocity, and book completeness. Not a USPTO rating of patent strength.

How Niko’s 32.3 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Volume 10.7 pts (33%) Velocity 2.7 pts (8%) Breadth 12.7 pts (39%) Claim depth 6.2 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Niko Semiconductor · this assignee

32
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Niko's Innovation Score is 32.3/100 (41st percentile of the PatentsView-derived corpus). The chart places that score against the nearest Innovation Score peers plus corpus poles, not a reprint of the volume ranking.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Niko?

Each dot is one of Niko’s 8 nearest volume peers (same corpus rank neighbourhood as the chart above), placed by total granted patents (horizontal) against average claims per patent (vertical). Niko’s own 10.3 claims/patent is at or below the 11.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

Niko vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Niko's grants concentrate

Niko Semiconductor Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 57.1% of grants classified under H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Niko sits between NB Ventures, Inc. and Nisshinbo Chemical Inc..

Niko's three-year grant acceleration

Niko Semiconductor Co., Ltd. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

NB Ventures

21
NCC Nano

21
Newvoicemedia

21
Nicor

21
Nine Stars Group…

21
Ningbo Ucome Ligh…

21
Nisco

21
Nisshinbo Chemical

21
Niko Semiconductor ◀

21

What this shows Niko holds 21 patents at rank #14,158, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Niko

By rank, the assignees closest to #14,158 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Niko's primary technology class.

Niko's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)

32 41st percentile higher than 41% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Niko Semiconductor Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	23.8%
2016	2	9.5%
2017	2	9.5%
2018	3	14.3%
2019	2	9.5%
2020	3	14.3%
2022	1	4.8%
2024	1	4.8%
2025partial year	2	9.5%

Which technologies does Niko Semiconductor Co., Ltd. patent most?

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 12

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 6

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 2

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 2

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 2

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 2

H03K - Pulse Technique 1

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 1

B60W - Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different Type OR Different FUNCTION; Control Systems Specially Adapted FOR Hybrid VEHICLES; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems FOR Purposes NOT Related TO THE Control OF A Particular Sub-unit 1

B60L - Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic Suspension OR Levitation FOR VEHICLES; Monitoring Operating Variables OF Electrically-propelled Vehicl 1

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 1

B61D - Body Details OR Kinds OF Railway Vehicles 1

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 1

Top 13 of 13 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Niko Semiconductor Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Niko Semiconductor Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10), 57.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01L
Ranked #14,164 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Niko Semiconductor Co., Ltd. against NB Ventures, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.3/100 blends volume, velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth. How it's calculated

Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent

Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Data is sourced from the USPTO PatentsView database. Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sources used on this page

USPTO PatentsView - the disambiguated bulk patent-grant, assignee, and CPC data this page's figures are derived from. patentsview.org
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) - the joint USPTO/EPO classification scheme used to group patents by technology area. cooperativepatentclassification.org
USPTO Patent Public Search - the official interface to verify the status of any individual patent. ppubs.uspto.gov

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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